Today is Memorial Day and the Grovers are coming over for a late lunch. My mom’s coming too. She is a fantastic Italian cook that doesn’t cook anymore due to her age. She asked me to make German Potato Salad and I did. More on that in a minute. Memorial Day means barbecuing, at least the food part of the day signifies that. The day itself should make us remember all of the soldiers that fought for our freedom. My wonderful dad fought in World War 2 and I’m thankful to him for risking his life and to all of the others that did so as well. Otherwise we may not be blogging, Facebooking, emailing, etc. This is a food blog so on with our menu for today.
- Watermelon Daiquiris
- Chips with Green Salsa
- BBQ Pork Ribs
- German Potato Salad
- Baked Beans
- Cole Slaw
I prepared all of the recipes in advance which is awesome when you are having guests over and you want to start with a daiquiri when they arrive. I mean one or two of those and no telling how the food would turn out.
That morning prepare the babyback ribs.
Season well, I use coarse black pepper, kosher salt & garlic powder. Sprinkle all of the seasonings all over the ribs. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 1 hour & 15 minutes. Cover with foil and when you are ready to eat heat a grill, sauce one side and grill for 3 minutes, turn over do the same. Oh, I love Hoover’s BBQ sauce, buy some. At this point the only place to buy it is his restaurant.
German Potato Salad
- potatoes
- bacon
- onions
- celery seed
Boil the potatoes, cool, slice. To make the sauce, saute onions in olive oil, the recipe calls for bacon dripping but I don’t go there. It’s olive oil for me. Add the celery seed, salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of sugar to the onions. Then add 1/4 cup of vinegar. I think Japanese rice vinegar is best, and 1 cup of water and 2 tablespoons of flour. Cook until thick and add the potatoes and bacon. You now have German Potato salad! Serve at room temperture.
Baked Beans
Open a can and saute 1/4 cup of onion, add some dijon mustard to cut the sweetness and add 2 slices of bacon; cooked and chopped. Heat & Serve.
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Several comments.
First, white type on a black background is incredibly hard to read. I hope you can try something else.
Second, the Germans themselves have the hot tip for potato salad: slice the potatoes as soon as they’re cool enough to touch but before they lose their warmth and put the vinegar on then. They’ll absorb the vinegar very nicely.
Although, I dunno. German stuff on Memorial Day? Who won the war?
Chust choking…
Hey dinner was great! the ribs were juicy, the potato salad was grand, the cole slaw luscious, the scotch smoky. I could do without baked beans even if our dads fought in WW2. They didn’t go to war to save the world for baked beans! Rhonda (Grover)’s cobbler and brownies were killer, too. Now I need a nap. On to the next holiday. Oh and by the way,your husband loves your cooking!
I’m excited to follow your recipes. This girl loves her food.
Nice job Lois!
Yummm, RIBS! The only kind of barbeque there is…everything else is just grilled food. Fightin’ words, I know!
I’m so happy you have a blog. Delicious!
We’re still salivating over the ribs! Thanks for the compliment on the desserts, Jesse and Lois, and thanks for sharing the grub. Lois, you are a fiend in the kitchen, girl!! Can’t wait for your next post.
Rhonda
Hands down the best ribs I’ve had all year. Everything was soooo good. Keep these posts going!
These ribs were awesome!
A can of beans…. now that is something I can wrap my head around. Have can opener, will cook. It’s a start.
Next step, Paella. Thanks for the inspiration!